3 suicide bombers launch two separate attacks in Pakistani city of Quetta. Two killed by security forces trying to target FC post - a third bomber targeted a police van as a result of which 5 policemen were killed and 7 injured

Sources: India rules out talks with Pakistan until general elections in that country later this year and a new government is formed. India also rules out possibility of SAARC summit at a time Pakistan continues cross-border terror against India

Jammu And Kashmir: Wreath laying ceremony of policeman Latif Gojri who lost his life in encounter with militants in Lam village of Tral in Pulwama district. One Army jawan also lost his life, one terrorist gunned down. Encounter underway

Presently, with whatever we have collected, it looks like a Jaish-e-Mohammed outfit. Search and other part of the operation is still going on. Once it is over, we will be able to say more about it: Swayam Prakash Pani, Inspector General (Kashmir Range)

KCNA: "It reminds one of the uninvited guest storming other's house and urging the owner to pay a charge. This height of arrogance and ferocity is something deplorable that can be found only in South Korea."

KCNA: "The U.S. recently held negotiations over the conclusion of 'special agreement on defense cost sharing' with south Korea and pressurized the south Korean authorities to bear 'defense cost sharing' running into astronomical figures."

KCNA: "This clearly proves the U.S. nature as the de facto ruler in South Korea as it is an unwarranted demand in disregard of the difficult south Korean economy and the right of the people to existence."

Indonesia's former parliament speaker Setya Novanto has been handed a 15-year prison term for his role in the theft of $170 million of public money. Several other leading politicians, including ministers in President Widodo's government, are possibly implicated by the scandal

KCNA: "The present authorities remain attached to the U.S.-made war monsterThe aggression-minded outsiders only will benefit from THAAD and it is only the destiny of the south Koreans that will be intercepted by it."

KCNA: "The south Korean authorities suppress the struggle of the people against the THAAD base construction, persistently pushing forward with it. This can not but be a criminal act little short of willing to follow in the footsteps of traitor Park Geun Hye."

Indonesia is investigating reports from Islamic State supporters that the most senior Southeast Asian commander of the militant group was killed by U.S. air strikes in eastern Syria last week, counter-terrorism officials said

KCNA: "The south Korean military's act of spurring the racket for arms buildup is a crime of chilling the compatriots' desire for reconciliation, unity and reunificationOutward smile while carrying dagger would never help settle anything."

KCNA: "The victory of the WPK's line of simultaneously pushing forward the economic construction and the building of nuclear force would be unthinkable without the 'do-or-die' forced march and wise leadership of the respected Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un."

KCNA: "The respected Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un visited the hospital on Monday evening and personally learned about the treatment of the wounded. He called on the wounded and warmly sympathized with them and consulted the future treatment with medical workers."

KCNA: "The ambassador said that they came to realize once again how much the Korean party, government and people value the traditional China-DPRK friendship, adding that this has been evidently proven again to be unbreakable and great friendship."

KCNA: "Ambassador Li Jinjun, hardly repressing his deep impression over the fact that Chairman Kim Jong Un personally visited the embassy early at dawn, busy as his schedule was, said that he would immediately report it to General Secretary Xi Jinping."

KCNA: "The Korean people take the tragic accident as their own misfortune, he said, stressing that the party and government of the DPRK would take follow-up measures with utmost sincerity in a mind to alleviate the pain of the bereaved families even a bit."

KCNA: "He expressed heartfelt sympathy and deep condolences to Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and president of the People's Republic of China, the party and government of China and the bereaved families of the victims."

KCNA: "Kim Jong Unvisited the Chinese embassy here at 6:30 a.m. of Monday to express his deep sympathy over an unexpected traffic accident that claimed heavy causalities among Chinese tourists to the DPRK."

Mattis on North Korea suspending nuke and missile tests: "Right now, I think there's a lot of reasons for optimism that the negotiations will be fruitful and we'll see," defense secretary says at Pentagon moments ago

"We're not naive in this process," says @PressSec in response to my question about denuclearization hopes in view of DPRK comment that completion of its nuclear arsenal – which it calls its 'powerful treasured sword' - firmly guarantees forever its security and well-being.

Pakistani Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif on Monday met with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the meeting of Council of Foreign Ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in Beijing

North Korea has agreed that key moments from the summit with South Korea, like the moment when its leader Kim Jong Un crosses the border, be broadcast live. South Korean journalists will also be allowed to broadcast from the northern side of Panmunjom truce village.

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